QuoteReplyTopic: A 21st Century BAD SEED...or Just BAD?!? Posted: July 20 2009 at 2:48am

THE PROCESS of ADOPTING a CHILD IS SCARY ENOUGH WITHOUT HOLLYWOOD SUGGESTING YOU COULD BE BRINGING SATAN's SPAWN into YOUR HOME to DESTROY YOUR FAMILY on TOP of EVERYTHING ELSE...

ESSENTIALLY a 21st CENTURY KNOCK-OFF of THE BAD SEED, ORPHAN PLAYS MERCILESSLY on EVERY PARENT's FEAR THAT THEY MAY BE RAISING a MASS MURDERER (OR, WORSE YET, an UNPOPULAR CHILD).

WHEN IT WORKS, THIS CONCEPT CAN BE SCARY as HELL. WHEN IT DOESN'T -- AND THIS ONE DOESN'T -- IT CAN STILL PRODUCE SCREAMS...of LAUGHTER.

NOW IT's YOUR TURN to ADOPT an UNFORGIVING ATTITUDE and HAVE AT the NEWEST MEMBER of OUR 2009 RAZZIE® FAMILY...ORPHAN.

FURTHER FODDER for OUR FORUM MEMBERS: TURNS OUT THIS WAS DIRECTED by the SAME GUY WHO HELMED the RAZZIE® "WINNING" 2005 PARIS HILTON REMAKE ofHOUSE OF WHACKS. WHILE THAT FILM WAS a WORST PICTURE NOMINEE, the FIFTH WORST DIRECTOR SLOT, WHICH COULD'VE GONE to ORPHAN "AUTEUR"COLLET-SERRA, WENT INSTEAD to NORA EPHRON for BEWITCHED...

You've already got a page for this up ----- and surprisingly, no G-FORCE???!!!!

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: What do you mean we've "already got a page for this up"?? This discussion, and the ancillary Forum pages for credits, official site and R.T. reviews on ORPHAN (LINK) were just posted about one hour ago. A "search" of the entire RAZZIE® Forum for the word "orphan" brought up no other pages specifically related to (or discussing) this title..

As for G-FORCE, I am awaiting reviews before deciding if it's actually RAZZIE® Worthy, or merely another mediocre Dizz-knee family film (like last year's dopey but essentially harmless BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA)...

I didn't know it was produced by DiCaprio....maybe there's a reason. Anyway, I really look forward to this movie. Unlike some, I just fell in love with the trailer and seeing that it's from the director of House of Wax (the best slasher I've ever seen!) I'm even more excited. However, the main reason I think this will be good is because I just have this feeling. I don't know...I think I can tell good horror films from bad ones before they are released. This is one of them...

And here's the best part from it: After all, Orphan is proving to be more than merely scary. Preview screenings have left many moviegoers terrified and screaming in fear at the screen. And, once the movie is finally over and has delivered its final frightening plot twist, they're reluctant to leave the multiplex and head for the parking lot.

This movie is like the lovechild of The Bad Seed and The Good Son. Take a good movie, combine it with a half-assed knockoff, then have it directed by the bastard who did the House of Wax remake, and there you go: A possible Razzie contender.

Where do they get the kids for these roles anyway? If Isabelle Fuhrman's "acting career" continues, I can see her probably growing up to be Christina Ricci...and I'm not sure if that's a good thing.

To be fair, a lot of people are starting to find HoW to be an under-rated film. Anyway, to the answer for your question, you can click on the link I've provided. Read it, and it should shut you up about bad-mouthing that talented girl. God, I hope she doesn't grow up to be one of those crazy girls who are spoiled...

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: Exactly which "people are starting to find out HOUSE OF WAX" is "an under-rated film"?? With about 27,650 votes, it's currently got a 5.4-out-of-10 rating at IMDb; It rated a mere 37 favorable reviews versus 107 negative at RT; And over 52% of those rating it at B.O. MoJo gave it a "C" or worse. Not exactly a sterling series of endorsements...

House of Wax was a PASSABLE film, i.e. not as bad as you're inclined to expect, but not exactly The Omen or Nightmare on Elm Street.

Unless someone wants to ruin the end of Orphan for me, I'm guessing that it turns out the little girl is a ghost, and that is JUST a guess, which would mix Bad Seed with... well, The Sixth Sense (as the most recent example). But nothing about Orphan looks any good to me.

House of Wax was a PASSABLE film, i.e. not as bad as you're inclined to expect, but not exactly The Omen or Nightmare on Elm Street.

Unless someone wants to ruin the end of Orphan for me, I'm guessing that it turns out the little girl is a ghost, and that is JUST a guess, which would mix Bad Seed with... well, The Sixth Sense (as the most recent example). But nothing about Orphan looks any good to me.

I "think" I read the twist. I try to refrain myself from the IMDb board but my excitement for this movie ruined it....and ruined the twist. Let me say this: It'll make or break the movie. It's not ghosts. It's different and I find it ingenious and quite disturbing....unless it was a troll making up the twist.

I read that too... It's NOT a good twist, if that is indeed the case. That's EVERY bit as lame as ghosts, and is almost the same thing, anyway. It's not original, it's the same thing only called something else.

Oh, shoot. I think the twist I'm thinking about is not actually true. I finally clicked on the thread that revealed the "twist" and I'm reading that people are now saying it's false. Thank God! I thought the movie was ruined! Now I just have to stay away from this board (and the one from IMDb) so I won't have the twist ruined.

House of Wax was a PASSABLE film, i.e. not as bad as you're inclined to expect, but not exactly The Omen or Nightmare on Elm Street.

Is that because Paris Hilton gets impaled?

Anyway, I was looking at the Tomatometer and saw Orphan at 45%, G-Farce at 18%, and The Ugly Truth at 15%. I guess Orphan is the one destined for mere mediocrity while the other two smell like ugly rodents.

I dunno, I just thought HoW was a watchable movie, at the least. And I have no beef with Paris Hilton, so it was a bit more than that. The beginning of the movie was pretty god awful, but it got to a sort of watchable, lazy pace as it went on, and ultimately, stands slightly above the recent horror offerings... which have been worthless, so that may not be saying much or anything at all.

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